Button



Septo 10, 1935. TE 2,014,292

BUTTON Filed Jan. 19; 1955 INVENTOR.

Lues Rel l'er Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to buttons and particularly, to those intended to be covered with leather or the like and secured in place by means of a leather or the like loop.

My invention contemplates the provision of a button loop member so shaped and arranged in the button as to be dependably held therein against considerable stresses and strains and adapted to be easily and economically assembled with the remaining parts of the button.

My invention further contemplates the provision of a multiple piece button of the leather type provided with simple, inexpensive and efficient attaching means not likely to become detached from the button.

My invention further contemplates the provision of a button wherein the attaching means comprises a one-piece leather or the like loop provided with projecting shoulders or keys designed to adequately and permanently maintain the loop in its proper operative position in the button.

The various objects of my invention Will be clear from the description which follows and from the drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is an elevational View of my improved button partly broken away to show the interior structure.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partly in section, of the same, showing the attaching loop in its operative position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the attaching loop as it appears before it is folded and doubled over.

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the metal cup for holding the backing washer.

In the practical embodiment of my invention which I have shown by Way of example, the backing disc or washer II], which forms the back of the button, is preferably made of leather or similar material and is set into the inner metallic cup II, which is made preferably of aluminum or similar light and comparatively rigid material. The bottom I2 of said cup is provided with a central preferably square opening I3 surrounded by a wall I4 pressed up from part of the material removed from the bottom to form the opening I3, and of less height than that of the upstanding peripheral rim I5 of the cup, said rim being of less height than that of the washer ID.

The washer I0 is provided with a central preferably round opening I6 of substantially the same, or slightly greater diameter than the length of one of the sides of the square wall I4, whereby the edges of said wall cut slightly into the surface Ill surrounding the opening I6 and insure the attachment of the Washer to the cup. It will be understood that the diameter of the rim I5 of the cup is such that the rim tightly receives the lower part of the Washer to aid in holding the 1 5 washer and cup together. After the washer Ill and the cup II have been assembled, a loop I8 of a single piece of leather or other suitable ma. terial of preferably uniform thickness is inserted through the openings I3 and I6.

As shown in Fig. 3, said loop is formed from a flat member having the elongated narrower portion it and the enlarged shouldered end portions 26 The end portions 29 are each approximately semi-circular in form and being wider than the part I9, form the aligned shoulders as 2| extending beyond the edges of, and substantially perpendicular to the center line of the elongated portion I9.

The edges 22 and 23 of said elongated portion converge toward the middle of said portion from each of the enlarged ends 28 so that at its central point as 24, the loop member is of the least width.

To insert the loop into its operative position in the button, it is folded in half toform the integral bend 2t and to arrange the end parts 20 in registration, and the bend 24 is then passed through the square opening I3, through which it may be forced. It will be understood that the loop when doubled, is substantially square in cross-section and of approximately the same size as that of the opening I3 in both directions. The tapering of the side edges of the loop part I9 makes it possible to insert the loop readily through the opening I3 and through the washer opening it.

After the parts i8, i8 and I I have been thus assembled, a sheet of covering material as 25, of circular form and made preferably of leather or the like material, is arranged about a second metal cup 26 having a convex bottom 21 and a cylindrical rim, a sheet 28 of padding material such as paper or the like being optionally interposed between the cup and the leather covering to make the outer surface of the button softer. The cup 26 is arranged outwardly of and concentrically with the inner cup II.

It will be understood that the cover 25 and the padding sheet 28 are of sufficient diameter to permit the peripheral edges thereof to be turned over the peripheral edge 29 of the outer cup 26 and crimped thereto.

The assembled washer iii, cup I! and loop I8 are set inside of the assembled cover 25, padding 55 iiose 'when backed b y'the padding 28, and the bottom 21 of the m 26 being sumcienny yielding to permit the design to be indented therein if desired It will be noted that the extreme edge 29 of the cup 26 is bent inwardly a suflicient distance to interpose the bent portions 33 of the coverand of the padding28 into the path of the rim I5 of the cup I l sothat once assembled, the washer cannot without difficulty be removed from the button. It will further be seen that the shoulders 2| engaging as they do the bottom l2 of the cup ll, cannot be pulled through the holes l3 and I6, and form a secure locking arrangement for the loop. It will thus be seen thatrI have provided a simple button in which the parts including the loop are efliciently secured together and i ii 1st (finalise: ice-wish a'qatcutom 011:3'3117018 sever s r :mduarcmenle 5c 11: qactiztal: ul :'cs 2 W'Whi ['31 I". elven s tuhom 2 mi (ll ncrtnebr i it a ctatmii is xepcfniie nmlobdiomir ti in mi yirimmiiargi l1 IClOjCLOICt 7i iwlisitr -51) 53H rulerstotm "a: alsi iiitiimin g'imylse t :theret: a min H: 11 Jinnah it, 11 cl clan [711M :i'cmsntntir la: 1 is) :ormilzilv I llciairr. 7 141mm 3) Bhutto 71,, 31 list: tcslae atrciataili m h mining 1 a sxarerh xiclr] ilareimati a n1 mzsuirlsmlie atlutne 111' isle-i ing its peripheral portion folded over the rim of said second cup and pressed between the peripheral edge of the washer and said rim, and a leather loop of a, single piece of material of rectangular cross-section tapering in width from the ends thereof toward its middle and having enlarged shouldered ends of greater width than that of the square hole and that of the aperture of the washer, the shoulders of said ends being arranged between the faces of said cups and the tapered portion of the loop passing through and fitted into the square hole and passing through the aperture and thereby preventing turning of the loop in the button and securing the loop in place against detachment.

2. In a button of the character described, including a flexible covering sheet, a rigid member about which said sheet is arranged and about which the peripheral portion of the sheet is inwardly bent, and apertured means for maintaining the inwardly bent sheet in position, said means forming the back of the button and being frictionally held in position against the inwardly farm uapncmrfi [Iifiifsthlb'dfi [new r-sue: efezrnirmelmm nememb :11 Eobdis c; ii in :liia la in will narun a re ml eioragtec. 2,1 

